Compact Virtual Box VDI file size in Windows
Virtual box actual file size may varies from virtual local disks. This is how to reduce the actual file size in windows. 1) Run defrag in the virtual machine in…
Convert a physical windows XP machine to virtual for Oracle Virtual Box
There are windows XP installations that for specific reasons they must be active. For example a retired accounting or billing application that contains archived data. For these installations there is…
Oracle VirtualBox and windows updates issue with KB3071756, KB3075220, KB3060716
There is a major issue with microsoft windows update on windows 2008 server that makes Oracle VirtualBox failed to start. This is a similar kernel issue like update KB3045999 that…
Microsoft security update KB3045999 and Oracle Virtual Box issue
Users of Oracle Virtual Box must not install Microsoft security update KB3045999 as a kernel conflict ntdll is produced and Virtual Box does not start. This security update must be…
Compress VDI file in Oracle Virtual Box for windows
Use the following steps to Compress VDI file in Oracle Virtual Box for windows 1) Defragment virtual machine 2) find the uid of vdi as follow vboxmanage.exe showhdinfo “d:foldermachine.vdi” 3)…